Hook.



ROBERT E. MORDEN, OF JEFFERSON, IOVTA.

HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20, 1916.

Application filed May 2, 1914. Serial No. 835,958.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT B. MonnnN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jefferson, in the county of Greene and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to hooks, the primary object of which is toeliminate the use of buttons, etc., the device being especially adaptedfor trousers and wearing apparel in general.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a simple and durabledevice which is capable of being expeditiously applied and will bepositively retained from accidental displacement.

Other objects as well as the-nature, characteristic features and scopeof my invention will be more readily understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andpointed out in the claims forming a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a deviceconstructed in accordance with my invention, illustrating theapplication thereof, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device.

In the drawings wherein is illustrated the preferred embodiment of thisinvention, in order to illustrate the application thereof, a piece offabric 5 is provided with which my improved device, generally designated6, is associated. The hook 6 in the present instance comprises a singlestrand of wire, the opposite ends of which are bent to provide parallelhooks 7, which are engaged with the fabric 5, as shown to advantage inFig. 2, while the intermediate portion 8 thereof is bent upon itself, soas to lie in parallel relation with the hooks 7, thereby providing anengaging member with whlch a suspended tab or the like is connected,should the hook be applied to a pair of trousers, overalls or the like.The arms 9 of the intermediate portion are divergent, so as to provide asubstantially V-shaped structure in front or rear elevation, the verteXof which is formed to provide a substantially oval-shaped opening 10,thereby permitting the arms 9 to be expanded and contracted in order tofacilitate the disengaging of the device from the suspender tab or thelike with which it is connected,

and at the same time, creating a binding action when the arms 9 aredepressed as is usually the came when the same are in engagement with asuspender tab or the like, so as to positively prevent the slipping ofthe tab down over the end of intermediate portion 8, should thebutton-hole thereof be enlarged.

In use we will assume that the device is in a position as shown in Fig.3. In order to apply the device when in this position, the parallelhooks 7 are engaged with the fabric so as to penetrate therethrough,having the free'terminals of the hooks 7 engaged with one side of thefabric and the shanks thereof engaged with the opposite sides, said freeterminals then being pressed into the fabric in order to positivelyprevent the accidental displacement of the hooks should undue pressurebe exerted thereon. When the device is in this position, the divergentarms 9 extend downwardly in parallelism with the shanks of the hooks 7and are slightly inclined inwardly so that the fabric 5 would lie inclose proximity there'- to. If the device is used as a trouser hook, thebutton-hole in the tab of the suspender is engaged over the intermediateportion 8 of the hook and slid upwardly over the di vergent arms 9 intoengagement at the jointure of the divergent arms and the hooks 7,thereby, as previously pointed out, flexing the arms 9 inwardly towardeach other, so as to prevent the accidental displacement of thesuspender tab. Although this device has been especially described asadapted for use in connection with trousers or wearing apparel of anytype, it is to be understood that the same is equally applicable tobuggies or automobiles for supporting side curtains, etc., as well as onnether garments, so as to connect the same to the outer garment, such asthe trousers and when used in this latter capacity, the intermediateportion 8 is engaged over the top of the trousers, assuming that thehooks 7 have been engaged with the nether garment which is to besupported.

It will be understood that the above description and accompanyingdrawings comprehend the general and preferred embodiment of my inventionand that various minor changes in details of construction, proportionand arrangement of parts may be made within the scope of the appendedclaims and without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is: r

1. A device of the character described formed from a single strand ofwire having its terminals bent to providefabric-engaginghooks, the billsof said hooks being in clined toward the shanks of the hooks from r the.bights, the intermediate parts of said wire being bent to provideconverging arms, whlch inchne toward the shanks from the points of)uncture therewith, said arms being parallel with the bills of the hooksand being connected by a substantially ovoid shaped member which lies inthe plane of the shanks.

2. A device of the character described formed from a single strand ofWire bent at a point intermediate its extremities, to

provide a substantially ovoid loop,-said wire Copien ot .thh patent maybe obtained for ROBERT E. MORDEN.

WVitnesses W. EMMETT Sonorrn J. W. Frrz.

five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Iatentn, Washington,30.0. I

